HTC 10 Android 8.0 Oreo update with Jio VoLTE support starts rolling out in India

HTC confirmed Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for some of its devices back in August last year. The HTC U11 was the first phone to get the Oreo update in November starting from Taiwan, later the U11 Life got the update,  after a delay the HTC 10 got the update recently. Now the company has finally started rolling out Oreo update for Indian users that also brings VoLTE support for Reliance Jio users. [HTML1] Android Oreo comes with lots of new features and improvements including Background limits, Notification channels, snooze notifications, Autofill APIs, Picture in Picture (PIP) display, Adaptive icons and much more. The v3.18.400.2 for the HTC 10 is 1.43GB in size, but it still has Android security patch for December, 2017. Image via

YouTube Live streaming to get automatic captions, locations tags and more

YouTube is announcing few new features to its live stream function to improve the user experience and make it accessible to more people. This includes automatic English captions to live streams whenever professionally provided captions aren’t available. These automated captions provide creators a quick and inexpensive way to make live streams accessible to more people and YouTube is using its automatic speech recognition (LASR) technology for captions with error rates and latency approaching industry standards. This features will be rolled out in the coming weeks and will continue to improve accuracy and latency of automatic captions. Furthermore, creators can now add a location tag to their mobile live streams and video uploads and share all their favorite hot spots with viewers. Users, on the other hand, can explore other videos with the same location tag by simply clicking on it. You can also use the location filter on the search results page to find other videos from the same location. YouTube introduced the Super Chats to trigger real-life events last year and wow creators can set this up for their channels using IFTTT (If This, Then That) with over 600smart home devices like lights, pet feeders, and confetti cannons which can be connected to Super Chat which is already available on desktop and ...

Actions on Google Assistant gets 7 news languages, deeper app integration, available to more developers

At the Mobile World Congress, Google shared some major developments in Actions on the Google Assistant; it will now be available in seven more languages including Hindi, Thai, Indonesian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch bringing the total supported languages to 16. Google says that if developers localize their apps in these new languages, they will be among the first Actions available in the new locales, and will also earn rewards. Apart from languages, Google is also making it easier to build Action for global audiences. It recently added the building with templates creating an Action by filling in a Google Sheet without a single line of code for French, German, and Japanese. Google is also making it a little easier to localize Actions into different languages by allowing developers to export the directory listing information as a file. With the file in hand, you can translate offline and upload the translations to your console, making localization quicker and more organized. Google to help developers in building the first action in new languages, suggested developers take a quick tour of some of the useful developer features that are rolling out this week. Another biggest announcement is that Google said that by the end of the year the Assistant will reach ...

Lenovo Yoga 730 with Alexa voice support, Yoga 530 Windows 2-in-1 laptops announced

Lenovo at the MWC 2018 event introduced the new Yoga 730; the 13-inch and 15-inch variants, and Yoga 530 2-in-1 Laptops. These come with Alexa voice support and powered by the latest 8th-generation Intel Core i7 processors. The Lenovo Yoga 730 sports a 13-inch and 15-inch UHD (3840x2160) IPS touchscreen display and a 14-inch FHD IPS touchscreen display on the Yoga 530 with thin borders. They also pack the optional Lenovo Active Pen 2 with 4,096 levels of sensitivity to write, draw, or annotate with Windows Ink. They are powered by the latest 8th-generation Intel Core i7 processors, optional Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 discrete graphics. For added security, Lenovo now lets you log into the Yoga 730, Yoga 530 2-in-1 with its integrated fingerprint reader through Windows Hello. The Lenovo Yoga 730 apart from Cortana, also brings the Alexa integration which is made possible due to the newly introduced far-field microphones. Furthermore, they also get JBL speakers, and Dolby Atmos immersive audio and you can also connect the Yoga 730 to a 4K display through the laptop’s blazing-fast Thunderbolt 3 port. The Lenovo 15-inch Yoga 730 packs 1.89 kg, and 1.12 kg for the 13-inch model. On the other hand, the 14-inch Yoga 530 weighs 1.6 kg. As for the battery department, Lenovo claims that the new ...

Lenovo 100e, 300e and 500e rugged Chromebooks start rolling out

Lenovo back in January has introduced the 100e, 300e, and 500e Chromebooks for Education. Though they were supposed to ship from January end, after a delay for over a month, the company at the MWC 2018 event announced the availability of these.  To remind you, the Lenovo 100e is powered by the Intel dual-core Celeron CPU with 4GB of RAM and sports an 11.6-inch non-touch display. It has two USB 3.0 and Type-C ports, comes with rotatable HD camera and offers up to 10 hours of battery life. The 300e is powered by the MediaTek MTK 8173C SoC with 4GB of RAM, and one each Type-C and USB 3.0 port. It also has the same 11.6-inch multitouch display and packs add HDMI out. On the other hand, the 500e is the high-end Chromebook packs a 11.6-inch HD (1366x768) multitouch display, powered by a quad-core Celeron CPU, and 4-8GB of RAM. It has two USB 3.0 ports and two Type-C ports. It also charges over Type-C and also has a stylus that docks inside the computer. All the Chromebooks have rubber bumpers, reinforced ports and hinges and spill-resistant keyboards with reinforced keys that are tough. The 300e and 500e feature a 360-degree Yoga hinge that lets the device switch ...

Huawei P20 with dual rear Leica cameras surface, P20 Pro said to pack triple rear cameras

Huawei might have skipped the P20 series announcement at the MWC 2018, but the news about the flagships never stops coming. Today we see the freshly surfaced image of the P20 courtesy of popular leakster Evan Blass. Unlike the Pro model, the base P20 is said to have dual-rear cameras.  [HTML1] The Huawei P20 recently surfaced on certification site revealing the dual rear Leica cameras, top-notch matching with the today's leaked image. According to the latest picture of the P20, we can clearly see the iPhone X-like top-notch that we have seen in the P20 Lite and the fingerprint sensor is present on the front instead of back unlike the P20 Lite. Furthermore, it also shows dual rear cameras with LEICA lenses, and glass body design. We hear rumors that the phone will run Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1 on top and is expected to be powered by Kirin 970 SoC. Rest of the specifications remain a mystery for now, but we should know more details as we move forward. The Huawei P20 announcement is scheduled to take place in Paris on March 27th.

Moto E5 Plus with 18:9 display, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor surfaces in press render

We already know that Motorola will be refreshing its Moto G and E series this year. Moto E5  and Moto E5 Play had already surfaced in press renders, now the Moto E5 Plus render has surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. Unlike the E5 and E5 Play, this will feature a 18:9 display. This also shows a front LED flash and Motorola logo below the display, similar to other phones in the series. [HTML1] It will feature a unibody design with rear-mounted fingerprint sensor within the Motorola logo, similar to the E5. Even though the design of the camera arrangement is similar to the Moto X4, it only has a single camera. The render also shows a 3.5mm audio jack on the top along with a secondary microphone, USB port on the bottom along with the primary microphone. Since the speaker is not seen, it will likely be embedded into the earpiece. We don't have any specifications of the phone yet. Looking at refection on the back, it might have a glass back, similar to the Moto X4. The clock widget shows April 3, 2018 (Tuesday), same as the E5 and E5 Play renders. Motorola has not scheduled any events at the MWC this week, so we can expect the ...

BlackBerry ‘Ghost’ with bezel-less display said to launch in India soon

A new BlackBerry smartphone code-named 'Ghost' has surfaced online, thanks to @evleaks who also says that the Android smartphone will have a bezel-less display and will be a premium smartphone. The image shows a sleek smartphone with a metal frame, cured corners, SIM slot and antenna cutouts present on the side. It also shows a front-facing camera and an earpiece above the display. [HTML1] The phone is said to launch in India soon and will be made by Optiemus Infracom, who also designed, manufactured and sold last year's BlackBerry KEYone in India as well as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even though we had seen BlackBerry smartphones code-named Athena, Luna, and Uni recently, the new  'Ghost' handset is completely new that we have not heard before, so we don't have any specifications yet. Looking at the image, it looks like it will have a large screen with a size of about 6-inches. Since it will be a premium smartphone, we can expect dual rear cameras and a powerful processor. Source 

Nokia 8 Sirocco Hands On and Photo Gallery

HMD Global introduced the  Nokia 8 Sirocco Android One smartphone at the MWC 2018 in Barcelona. It is an upgraded version of the Nokia 8 with premium design. Check out the Hands On and Photo Gallery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz9UgeYHFzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6YaPuCHU7g If there was one word to describe the Nokia 8 Sirocco edition, it would likely be exquisite. The company has a heritage of stunning hardware design and HMD is carrying the torch forward with aplomb. The company might call it a special edition but honestly, the design bears little if any resemblance to the Nokia 8. This is all glass phone held together by a barely-there stainless steel chassis. Internally, the phone has a Snapdragon 835 chip with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. The phone of course runs Android 8.0. This time around though, the Sirocco Edition is IP67 Rated, has wireless charging and even a bigger battery. The screen is a 5.5 inch 2K pOLED panel that is curved on both sides. Nokia didn’t go with an 18:9 aspect ratio this time around but we don’t really mind that at this size. The phone is compact enough to fit most pockets and feels chunky in a good way. Sure, it is similar to what Samsung has been doing ...

Indian tablet Shipments decline by 11% in 2017, Lenovo leads with 26.1% share: IDC

Indian tablet market has yet again seen a dip by 11% in 2017, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. A total of 717 thousand tablets were shipped in India with a 32% sequential decline in 2017, which is more or less similar YoY.  After a huge spike in Q3 2017 and completion of the Gujarat State government tablets deal, the commercial segment declined by 35% in Q4 2017. However, it is 75% growth compared to the same quarter last year. When we account for the entire year 2017, the Indian tablet market witnessed a total shipment of 3.2 million units which is a decline of 11% from 3.6 million units shipped in 2016. The strong demand from commercial segment has marginalized the overall decline to an early double-digit number. However, the consumer segment witnessed a consecutive decline for the second straight year. However, the slate market continues to dominate the Indian market with 96% of the tablet shipments, while the detachable market share remains limited to 4% in 2017. The 7-inch segment saw a 22% annual decline, though it has remained a dominating segment in 2017. Lenovo continues to lead the Indian tablet market with 26.1% market share as its shipment ...